The new England boss showed his squad a video of the ups and many downs you experience when wearing the Three Lions shirt.
And to ram his point home he even included a replay of his infamous penalty shoot-out miss at Euro ’96 which cost England a place in the final on home soil.
The squad watched on as Southgate’s darkest hour was played along with the humiliating defeat against Iceland last summer which ended Roy Hodgson’s stint as national boss.
Southgate had every right to squirm at the sight of Germany keeper Andreas Kopke beating away his spot kick at Wembley to clinch a European... read more

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